In a recent interview, Gal Gadot blamed “Pressure on celebrities to denounce Israel” as the reason which “greatly affected” the failure of the Box-Office of the live action of Disney snow White.
The actress appeared in the Israeli celebrity interview program A Talks Thursday, by The Jerusalem postWhere an interviewer wondered if she was angry with the theatrical performance of the adaptation with Rachel Zegler.
“First of all, I must say that I really liked to film this film,” said Gadot in Hebrew, according to the Job.
When he was specifically pressed for how it was to work with Zegler, Gadot replied: “I even liked working with Rachel Zegler. We laughed, we talked and it was fun. I was sure that this film was going to be a huge success. ”
Gadot served in the Israeli defense forces for two years as part of her compulsory conscription, during which she participated in the 2006 War of Israel; Lebanon has cited its service as a reason for the ban Wonderful woman When it was released in 2017, The Washington Post reported at the time. Meanwhile, Zegler was a vocal supporter of Palestine and Gaza, who would not have been well with snow White Producer Marc Platt in the middle of promoting the film.
Gadot continued, “then October 7 occurred, and what is happening in all kinds of industries, and also in Hollywood, is that there is a lot of pressure on celebrities to denounce Israel.” She added that she “can always explain and try to give people in the context of the world what is happening and what reality is here, but ultimately, people decide for themselves. I was disappointed that the film was greatly affected by this and did not do well to the box office.”
According to the main humanitarian groups and experts – such as the Special United Nations Committee, Amnesty International, doctors without borders and international law – Israel commits a genocide against the Palestinians. An IPC analysis of May 2025 projected catastrophic levels of food insecurity for the entire Gaza population by September, which means that at least half a million people should be in phase 5 of the IPC – the highest phase, known as disaster – which is marked by acute malnutrition and mortality.
At the end of May, five demonstrators were detained after targeting the London central film of Gadot’s upcoming film The runner. Two months earlier, the renowned ceremony of actress Hollywood Walk of Fame was delayed by demonstrators representing both pro-Palestine and Pro-Israelis groups.
In the end, Disney resisted an estimated loss of $ 115 million on snow White.
